Darwell is an unincorporated community in central Alberta in Lac Ste. Anne County.[1] It is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Highway 16, 74 kilometres (46 mi) northwest of Edmonton.
History[edit]
Darwell is located on the old Yellowhead Trail fur trade route, which ran from Lac Ste Anne to Jasper. The Canadian Northern Railway was built through Darwell,[2] roughly following the Yellowhead Trail. A railway station opened in 1912. Darwell was the site of a consolidated school which opened in 1947 to serve students who previously attended eight one-roomed schools in the area. That school burned in 1954, and a modern school was built. [3] When the tracks were torn up in the mid-1930's, the railway bed became a road, now Highway 633.
Government[edit]
Darwell is located in the provincial riding of Lac Ste. Anne - Parkland[4] and the Yellowhead electoral district (federal).
Infrastructure[edit]
- Darwell Community Hall
- Darwell Public Library (Member of the Yellowhead Regional Library)
- Darwell School offers education from Kindergarten to Grade 7.
Notable people[edit]
Campbell, Bettie Jean (January 18, 1933 - January 12, 2023) (painter)[5][6][7]
Carlier, Oneil[8] (June 22, 1962 -) (politician) Member of the Legislative Assembly (29th Legislative Assembly 2015 - 2019). Carlier was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election,[8] as the member representing the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne and served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Minister Carlier served until April, 2019.
Kinsella, William Patrick (WP) - (May 25, 1935 - September 16, 2016) - (Canadian writer/author) lived on a farm near Darwell until age 10.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813001 - Lac Ste. Anne County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. April 1, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ Lac Ste Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of the Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, AB: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. p. 141.
- ^ Davison, Vi (1982). Spirit and Trails of Lac Ste Anne. Alberta Beach, AB: The Alberta Beach Pioneers-Archives Society. pp. 200–203.
- ^ O'Donnell, Sarah (April 14, 2019). "Riding profile: Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^ Magnolia Historical Society (2000). Magnolia: the first hundred years. Entwistle, AB: Magnolia Press. p. 191. ISBN 0-9684384-2-3.
- ^ "Darwell painter featured at Multicultural Heritage Centre gallery". The Reporter (Stony Plain, Alberta). July 18, 2003. p. 14.
- ^ Machinski, Cameron J. R. (February 27, 2023). "Local Artist's Legacy Funds Darwell Cemetery". The Pembina Post. p. 11.
- ^ a b Adam Dietrich (April 19, 2015). "Whitecourt-St Anne Votes 2015: Oneil Carlier, NDP challenger". Mayerthorpe Freelancer. Canoe Sun Media. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Grandy, Karen (September 16, 2016). "W.P. Kinsella". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
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